Scheffler Makes Donation to NTPGA Foundation
On the heels of Giving Tuesday, the Northern Texas PGA is pleased to announce that PGA TOUR Rookie Scottie Scheffler presented a $50,000 donation to the Northern Texas PGA Foundation earlier this week.
During the Ewing Charity Classic held Monday, December 2 at Trinity Forest Golf Club, Scheffler, an NTPGA Junior Tour Member from 2002-2010, made the announcement that $50,000 of the $300,000 he won through RSM Birdies Fore Love program he is donating to the NTPGA Foundation. Because of his growth and development on the NTPGA Junior Tour he has asked that the donation be directed toward the Foundation’s junior golf pillar.
“Playing on the NTPGA Junior Tour was a learning curve for me. It is basically where I learned how to play golf. You know playing since I was probably six or seven years old starting in the 9 hole tournaments and eventually making it all the way to the Legends Tour, it really kind of shaped me as a golfer when I was pretty young,” said Scheffler in an interview with the Northern Texas PGA earlier this summer.
Scheffler earned Rookie of the Year honors as well as Player of the Year honors earlier this year after an impressive season on the Korn Ferry Tour. Winning two tournaments and finishing ten times in the Top Ten on the Korn Ferry Tour last season, his great play earned him his PGA TOUR card for the 2019-2020 season.
“We are humbled and honored that Scottie selected our Foundation to make a contribution to,” said Mark Harrison, Executive Director and CEO of the Northern Texas PGA. “It was a treat getting to watch him learn and grow through our programs, and to now see him fulfilling a life-long dream of competing on the PGA TOUR is amazing. But, we are truly privileged that he wants to continue to make an impact on the lives of junior golfers in North Texas alongside us.”
About The Northern Texas PGA
The Northern Texas PGA is one of 41 Sections of the PGA of America and its geographic territory includes the State of Texas north of the 31st latitude, or just north of Austin. The Northern Texas PGA is comprised of approximately 850 PGA members and associates employed at more than 300 facilities.
The Northern Texas PGA has 16 full-time staff members and is currently headquartered in Dallas. The Northern Texas PGA will be joining the PGA of America national office relocation to Frisco in 2022 with its own state of the art headquarters on the PGA Frisco campus.
In addition to managing the day-to-day affairs of the Section, the Northern Texas PGA also operates a non-profit and charitable foundation that focuses on five pillars: junior golf, college scholarships, inclusion, fellowships and military and veterans.
About The Northern Texas PGA Foundation
Founded in 1983, the nationally acclaimed Northern Texas PGA Junior Golf Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt organization, was rebranded in 2019 as the Northern Texas PGA Foundation. The Northern Texas PGA Foundation focuses on five pillars: junior golf, college scholarships, inclusion, fellowships and military and veterans. The mission of the Northern Texas PGA Foundation is positively impacting lives and communities through golf.
